It’s a change to just half of a word, but the newly christened firefighters of one Maryland county, who happen to be women, say it makes all the difference. The Howard County Council this week passed a bill that changes references to “firemen” to “firefighters” in the county’s code, a vote that followed a name change by the local volunteer fire agency.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP.com

On March 8, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: A fire in Fitchburg overnight Wednesday completely destroyed three vehicles. It happened in the parking lot of the New Fountains Apartments. Benjamin Blunt was visiting his mother-in-law Wednesday night at the apartments complex. He said he checked on his van just before midnight and everything was OK.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 10:37:32 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

The relationship between Gibraltar School District and the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department is something both sides equally benefit. For the school district, all staff members were able to participate in CPR training with help from instructors at the fire department, while the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department has been able to have positive encounters with students, recruiting a couple volunteers in the process.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 2:26:17 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

A mobile home was destroyed by an early morning fire in Pleasant Prairie. No one was home when the fire began in the home, at 4202 75th St. in the City View Mobile Home Park, and no one was injured. David Wilkinson, assistant chief of the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department, said the fire call came in at 3:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 1:01:26 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

VIDEO: Firefighters on Thursday morning, March 8 responded to the scene of a mobile home fire near 75th Street and 43rd Avenue in Kensoha. The call came in around 3:30 a.m. Just the shell of the mobile home is left standing — flames also singed the siding on a nearby home. The fire appears to be under control at this time.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 7:02:43 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The city’s second new fire station project took a step forward last month with approval of its design and architecture. The Plan Commission unanimously approved the station that will be built at the corner of Syene and West Clayton roads for an estimated $7 million. The first new station opened last year on Marketplace Drive.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 4:47:33 AM - SOURCE: Fitchburg Star

Discussion on needed road construction, including possible shared projects with the Town of Amberg, is expected at the monthly Wausaukee Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13. Clerk Cheryl Stumbris told the board at its Feb. 13 meeting that Aquila Resources Back Forty Mine had inquired about using the town hall for a focus group meeting some time in March.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 1:42:18 AM - SOURCE: Peshtigo Times

Firefighters found the body of a missing construction worker in the smoldering debris of a massive construction fire in Denver's North Capitol Hill neighborhood that injured six people and damaged surrounding buildings and vehicles. One person is still unaccounted for. Hundred-foot flames and smoke could be seen for several miles when Denver firefighters arrived on scene at 1833 Emerson Street around noon Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver

For the ninth time, the city has sent a certified letter to attorneys representing the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association to request the union meet with city negotiators to come up with a new contract between the parties. Mayor Ron Nirenberg made the announcement Wednesday during a press conference at city hall.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Day four of rescue efforts resumed Thursday morning in hopes of finding a Nashville firefighter who disappeared Monday morning after his truck plummeted into the Tennessee River in Humphreys County. Nashville Fire Department firefighter Jesse Reed, 32, went missing early Monday after his vehicle plunged into the water near Mason's Boat Dock in Waverly, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tennessean

FirstNet’s nationwide footprint is expanding. The First Responder Network Authority has given its partner, AT&T, the green light to build out FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network. This includes deploying public safety’s dedicated spectrum – Band 14 – across statewide radio access networks in states and territories across the country.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FirstNet.Gov

VIDEO - Firefighters at Unified Fire gave the public a look a point of view not often seen in a newly released inspiring video called ‘I Believe’. “I believe this is not just my job. It is what I am meant to do; it is what I was made for,” the narrator of the video says. “This is who I am but ‘firefighter does not define me’.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVX-TV ABC 4 Good4Utah.com

On March 7, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Authorities conducted a controlled detonation Wednesday inside the Beaver Dam apartment where one man died in an explosion Monday. Beaver Dam Police Chief John Kreuziger said at a Wednesday morning news conference that the apartment contained, "highly volatile, homemade explosives." "They are so sensitive and cannot be removed," Kreuziger said.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 7:42:16 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

VIDEO: Dave Savone feels it's been a "privilege and honor" to serve the city of Merrill. "When I came to Merrill, it was a great opportunity. Sometimes a blind squirrel finds an acorn and I found a golden acorn," Savone told Newswatch 12 over the phone. On Wednesday, that service shifted to past-tense.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:16:46 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: Green Bay Metro firefighters put it all on the line when they head out on a fire call. But as Local 5's Kris Schuller shows us, sometimes they throw in a little bit extra to help those they serve. On Nancy Avenue Tuesday afternoon - a call for help went out. A snow blower on fire - assistance needed from firefighters like Cory Bereza and Mike Vanden Avond.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 5:51:24 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

After climbing 1,034 steps and reaching the top of a 47-floor building in Milwaukee for the annual Fight For Air Climb, Lt. Jacob Johnsrud from the Manitowoc Fire Department said he and everyone else was completely out of breath. "We don't feel anxious about it because we know it's going to get better," he said.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 9:06:06 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

PHOTO: Firefighters on Tuesday night, March 6 responded to the scene of a house fire in Cudahy. The call came in around 11 p.m. The fire broke out at a home near Holmes Avenue and Delaware Avenue. Cudahy, St. Francis,South Milwaukee and Oak Creek Fire personnel responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:48:29 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Firefighters on Tuesday night, March 6 responded to the scene of a fire at a bar on Milwaukee's north side. The call came in around 11:30 p.m. The fire broke out at the building known as the Good Time Bar -- located near 10th and Chambers. Police say the bar has been vacant. Neighbors call this bar a nuisance.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:31:19 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6